If they served investigative and analytical functions only, with zero field work and zero ability to incarcerate on their own, they could be valuable, as one top-of-the-head example.

The ones that are (R)? Yes, I have, but not to abolish it but to reform it so it doesn’t resemble stormtroopers kicking down doors. ICE serves a purpose, but not like this.

Don’t be diplomatic with socialists. Give an inch and they will nationalize every business, kill the reactionaries, and starve the country.

Unfortunately, it’s been that way ever since the money men hired the preachers to sell the idea that being wealthy meant that God smiled upon you, and that if you were poor, it was because you were ‘sinful’ or a moocher.

Word to the wise, an abscessed tooth can cause sepsis which will kill you if it’s not taken care of. So yes, going to the ER for something like that can save your life, unless you’d rather people die of blood poisoning sepsis.

Ah, a Brexiteer showing their bigoted face, finally.

As a fan of sci-fi, you should both think more highly of your fellow humans and ask yourself what sorts of agencies ICE is most similar to. It’s not any good ones and we don’t need them.

You do realize that being here illegally isn’t a felony, right? That most of the people being deported right now are people that have been here for decades, haven’t caused problem or committed crimes, and are decent members of society?

Hey, if he/she didn’t have the victims to blame, then they wouldn’t have an argument.

George Carlin put it much more succinctly years ago:

It’s the only way that they can fund the eventual push to either dismantle the nation by getting rid of the Constitution, or at least finding ways to get rid of the 13th thru the 15th Amendments.

You’re trying to argue that someone who is actually going much further than any modern president has gone with rolling back federal rules & regulations is basically ‘business as usual’.

Actually, I would argue that unfettered capitalism is bad. Which is where we’re at right now. Once you remove any and all restrictions, capitalism becomes its most inhumane.

They don’t want to ‘dilute the brand’ by having poor people walking around with their clothes, coats, etc. on.

The difference being that, if enough people start trading in their bitcoin for dollars, there will be a crash. I’m almost expecting to see one soon, if the ‘value’ continues to go up and up.

It has value when I can go to a store and fucking spend it! Why is this so hard to understand? Bitcoin is worthless because it’s useless.

They’ll never admit it, but the Republicans (and right wingers in general) actually have always wanted a ‘free ride’. Why do you think they’ve been going out of their way to force unions to cover those who choose not to join without having to pay anything for the privilege?

It’s why someone like Murkowski can’t wreck insurance as a whole, but can dick over one (in)famous part of it.

You’re talking about something that the FCC is blatantly doing at the behest of the major ISP’s out there. The same ISP’s that took in all of the monies that the federal government gave them over the last decade or so (that was supposed to be used to upgrade services and the internet backbone) and used it to enrich…

Obviously you’re not understanding my point.